Kathleen Kirk

Best wishes for a wonderful winter break with your family.   See you next year!

Mrs. Kirk

Our Halloween Celebration is Monday!   Wrapped candy and small, wrapped treats may be brought in by the children to put into our treat bags.  Your child may bring a costume to school to change into.  Please keep makeup simple because we will not have time to put it on for each student.  Also, hair sprays or “weapons” may not be brought to school. We will get dressed around 1:30 p.m. followed by some fun activities in the classroom and a treat provided by the room parents.  The parade begins at 2:30 p.m.  Parents are welcome to come join in on the fun!

General Information:  Watch for the green folders which are coming home tomorrow. We will be scheduling parent/teacher conferences soon.  Once I have a day and time for you, I will send home the slip with the information.  This should be coming home in the next couple of days.  Parent/ Teacher Conferences will be held next Wednesday (10/26) and Thursday (10/27).  Remember there will be a 2:00 p.m. dismissal for both days.  Also, Friday(10/28) is a S.I.P. Day so students will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m.

Field Trip:  A detailed note will be sent home on Thursday with important information about our trip to the Morton Arboretum next Monday, October 24th.

Today your child is bringing home the green folder filled with recent work and our latest newsletter.   Please check out the newsletter soon.  It contains a great deal of important information.  The newsletters are also posted on this website for reference later on, if needed.  Watch for a note next week with detailed information about our field trip to the Morton Arboretum on October 24th.  Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to join us!

Every Tuesday, your child will bring home his/her green folder.  Inside the folder is your child’s graded work along with important notes and handouts.   Please take a moment to look though this folder with your child and celebrate his/her accomplishments.  Keep the graded papers and notes at home and return the folder, signed, on Wednesday.  I find this is an effective method for us to communicate about your child’s progress in fourth grade and keep you informed about important dates, events, etc.

Today’s green folder contains the latest newsletter with important information for both students and parents, including field trip information and test dates.  Also included in the folder is the latest Accelerated Reader printout and your child’s classwork and tests from the past week or so.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Kirk

We will be going on a field trip to Morton Arboretum on Monday, October 24th. We need at least 6 parents to join us for this trip.  If you will be able to participate, please let us know by this Friday (9/23) if possible.

The cost of the trip is $11.00 for adults and $10.00 for students.    Please send in this amount, as soon as possible, in an envelope with your child’s name on it.

Thanks!

Students will be bringing home a progress note for the mid-term of the first quarter on Wednesday. Please look over the progress note, sign, and return it to school.  If you have any questions, please contact me by calling school, emailing me, or writing a note.  Thanks!

Test Dates:

• Spelling Test – Every Wednesday
• 50 States Test – Monday, 9/12/11
• Chapter 3 Science Test – Tuesday, 9/13/11

Mark Your Calendar:

• Sept. 20th – School Improvement Day (11:30 a.m. dismissal)
• Oct. 7th  -  No School (Teacher’s Institute Day)
• Oct. 10th  -  No School (Columbus Day)
• Oct. 24th  -  Field trip to Morton Arboretum (Chaperones Needed)

I’m so glad I had a chance to meet so many parents at our Open House last night!  The students were very excited to share their work and classroom with you.  Parents attending were able to pick up the Student Handbook and Fourth Grade Information Packet.   These will be sent home with your child today, if you were not able to attend last night.

Welcome students and parents.   We are off to a great start!  The past two weeks students have been learning the routines and procedures of their new classroom. Working together, we also created a list of classroom rules that will provide a wonderful, productive learning environment.

I feel strong communication between parents and a teacher is essential to a student’s success in school.  A Fourth Grade Newsletter will be sent home monthly to keep you informed of what we are learning about as well as other important information such as field trips, etc.  Also, I encourage you to check this website often.  It contains useful information about fourth grade and will be updated as needed.

Please contact me either by email, a phone call, or a note in the assignment book if you have any questions or concerns.  I will do the same.

We have a great year ahead of us.  I look forward to working with you and your child.

Mrs. Kathy Kirk

kkirk@rosemont78.org